bóc
Pronunciation
Northern
/ɓawk˧˥/
Central
/ɓa̰wk˩˧/
Southern
/ɓawk˧˥/
Listen
to peel
Verb
to peel
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Verb
to peel Core Actions
To remove the outer layer, skin, or covering from something.
vi Cô ấy đang bóc vỏ một quả cam.
en She is peeling an orange.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 剝
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer / 剝
OriginInherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
剝
Candidates by syllable
bóc
剝
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
bốc / bọc / bóc trần / bóc mẽ …
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Similar
bốc / bọc / bóc trần / bóc mẽ …
Use
bóc lột / cướp bóc
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Use
bóc lột / cướp bóc